Adult and Child Psychologists Brisbane –

Northgate Clinic or Home Visit sessions

Brisbane Northside (up to North Lakes) and Ipswich Area Only. No Home visit services to Southside Suburbs.

Tired of trying strategies that don’t work with your child or in your situation? Want to break the reactive cycle of yelling and punishments that seem to be making things worse? Our child psychologists help you and your child UNDERSTANDthe underlying causes of anxiety or challenging behaviours and the skills to manage them

Doctor Google, parenting courses and books only GIVE YOU STRATEGIES, but our child psychologists coach you and your child to SELECT, ADAPT and APPLY STRATEGIES to work in your family situation with your child

Things our clients tell us before they get help

“I’ve Googled strategies, done a parenting course and tried everything, but nothing seems to work with this kid”

“We’ve talked about what he needs to do, and he understands, but just won’t do it when he needs to. It’s so frustrating and we are at out wit’s end. What we are doing works for the other kids, just not this one?”

“Things are getting out of control – whatever we try seems to make things worse. The ipad or Xbox are the only things that seem to calm them down. But then trying to get them off leads to more meltdowns and dramas”

“My partner and I are constantly disagreeing on how we should manage things. They think we just need to be firmer and more strict, but that’s not working. It’s causing conflict between us and really affecting our relationship”

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone – we help hundreds of working families around Brisbane every year to get through these common, but overwhelming challenges. So don’t feel you have to go it alone and work it out from Googling, sessions with a psychologist that deals with these sorts of things every day can help you make progress!

Counselling and skill building to help your family through these common challenges

Parents

Separations and Blended family challenges

Couples concerns

Dysfunctional relationships

Trauma, Grief and losses

Parenting skill deficits

Postnatal depression

Anxiety and depression

And many other challenges

Children (ages 0-12)

Toddler tantrums and behaviours

New born challenges

Autism and aspergers

Anxiety, fears and phobias

Behavioural concerns

ADHD & attention concerns

Sleep problems

And many other challenges

Adolescents

Technology use and addictions

ADHD & attention challenges

Study skills and techniques

Organisational skills

Anxiety and phobias

Depression

Social challenges

And many other challenges

Assessments we offer

Autism Diagnostic Obs. Schedule (ADOS)

Attention, Hyperactivity and ADHD assessments

Cognitive testing e.g. WISC, WPPSI, WIAT and WAIS

We DO NOT provide letters or assessments for family law or legal purposes

We work with children and parents

Adult and Child Psychologist

Team

It’s important to match you and your child with the Child Psychologist that can offer appointment days and times that work around your family’s commitments in order to ensure sessions are sustainable. We like ensure that the Adult or Child Psychologist is a good match for you or your child based on their practice approach, skills and experience to best meet your needs and current challenges.

Steve Rushton
Brisbane Northside

Michaela Ward
Brisbane Northside

Rob Pearce
Ipswich Area

Bianca Eastman
Brisbane Northside

Julie Paton
Brisbane Northside

Michael Keates
Brisbane Northside

Steve speaks fluent Minecraft, Skylander and Peppa. He likes to help kids explore their creative sides and learn to use devices in helpful ways. He works with families with children from 2 upwards and has a special interest in developing practical parenting skills. Steve uses a mix of therapeutic approaches with the general aim of skill building during or before challenging times

Michaela is passionate about seeing families and young people achieve their best life. With a relaxed and fun approach to therapy she works alongside individuals, couples and families utilising their strengths and values to overcome challenges and develop resilience for the future.

Rob uses a warm and practical approach to supporting children and families through traumatic events and stressful times. He is particularly skilled in the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, narrative therapies and enjoys teaching emotional regulation strategies to both adults and children (including those with limited verbal capacity).

Bianca enjoys working with families with children in infancy through to early adolescence. Raising her own family helps Bianca relate to the joys and challenges of parenting. Bianca makes use of practical strategies from Cognitive behaviour Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness approaches that are backed up by research and flexible enough to be adapted to individual children and families. She loves the opportunity to be creative and playful in sessions with children and is often seen carting around Lego, craft, board games, puppets and an iPad.

Julie has a warm and practical approach to helping families with life challenges and enjoys supporting people of all ages. She uses strengths-based approach to develop positive relationships with all her clients.

Michael believes the role of a Child Psychologist is to empower and up-skill families and children in their homes. Michael has extensive experience supporting clients with Autism, ADHD, intellectual impairments and other disabilities in addition to helping children and families experiencing adjustment issues and anxiety in relation to life challenges, family separations and blended families.

Book a Free Phone Consult
with an Adult/ Child Psychologist

Submit your details below and a psychologist will call you to discuss your challenges and the best course of action if you are interested in Home Visits to a Brisbane Northside Suburb, Ipswich suburb or sessions at our Northgate clinic. Brisbane Southside suburbs – NO HOME VISIT services available.